Yes I know.I'm late. I'm horrifyingly exasperatingly annoyingly late. I'm sorry. Do you want to hear the excuses?

Excuse #1: I seriously had a huge writer's block or whatever they call it these days. I already said in one of the last chapters I had only planned this fanfic until they were captured, I hadn't suspected I would get so many reviews etc, and then I had a super great plot story line thingy, but it can only happen in like another ten chapters so there.

Excuse #2: I wrote most of this chapter months ago, but it was full of spelling/grammar mistakes (it still is actually!) and I just couldn't bring myself to correct it, and since I hadn't posted it up I couldn't get reviews for it which would have spurred me into writing more. A Beta would be nice...*hint hint*

Excuse #3: I seriously hate the way I wrote this chapter, and I rewrote it a few times, but I still can't get it right, but I figured I would drop tis fanfic if I didn't post up a chapter soon, so *sigh*, I'm not good at action, which is basically this whole chapter.

Excuse #4: I found these amazing fanfictions which basically left me hooked, making me unable to do anything on the laptop but read. Examples are 'Lightning on the wave' who wrote the best Harry-is-not-the-boy-who-lived fanfiction, I warn you, it may take some time to read, there are seven of them, and each has like 100 chappies (Oh and beware, its slash, not my personal preference, but its not the main centre of the fanfic.) Or there's the time travel story 'Holy Freaking Dumbledore' or there is....the list is too long.

Excuse #5: I'm doing A-levels, and its reeeeeeeeally time consuming, with people all around me telling me to drop fanfiction since I'm addicted to it.

Excuse #6: Since I had so many reviews suggesting who should be the third hooded character it took me ages to decide which one, and I wrote half the chaper and then realised it just wasn't right and restarted with a different character. The difficult choice was between Sirius ( I always had a soft spot for him), George and Ginny, I'll explain once the chappie's over why I chose who I chose, and why the characters may seem a bit out of character.

Anyyyyway, those are my excuses, I'm sure most of you just skipped it, I don't blame you, I do sound a bit pathetic. I finally managed to finish this because on Tuesday we didn't have school, if you ask why: it was raining. Yeah I know, it's laughable, but in Dubai, or the UAE really, when there is rain (which only happens like 3 times a year) everything comes to a standstill, so yeah, I was surprisingly at home, and I plucked my courage to face all the faithful followers of this fanfic and Ta-Da! Back to topic: This is the next chapter. I already told you I hate it, but I'm just trying to get them out of that dungeon ASAP. It is a relatively long chappie, chalk it up to guilty feelings as well as affection to all my wonderful reviewers who made me pass the 200 mark. Speaking- or more like writing of reviewers, thanks goes to:

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Chapter 14: Not Being Harry

The three apparitions were now unconcernedly gazing around.

'Where the hell have you brought us?'

The blonde one drawled, asking his female companion. His eyes wandered haughtily over the occupants of the shabby room, then stopped at James, his eyes widening. He would have gasped if he didn't look so haughty. The girl on the other hand had no such compunction as she took one look at James, gave a choked sob and threw herself into his arms, crying:

'Harry!'

It was one of those situations, James thought, where his brain went into frozen-static mode. There was just too much happening. All of it culminating to the girl who had just appeared out of light and flung herself into his arms. Perhaps that was the reason why he didn't say anything to correct her as he winced slightly at her tight hold. The girl meanwhile was still talking:

'I knew it; I just knew we'd find you. God, Harry we've been so worried. When you went missing Ron had to practically -'

She was interrupted by three things.

The first one being Sirius' slightly disgruntled voice as he said: 'Even in a bloody dungeon you manage to have good looking girls throwing themselves at you Jamesie, who the hell-'

The second being the blond guy, who cursing darkly, reached for the girl, and roughly pulled her out of James arms.

And the third being the hooded companion raising his wand at James and saying warningly:

'Hermione, it's not Harry.'

The girl, Hermione apparently, why did that name sound familiar?, gave a strangled sound of surprise and took a step back.

'Who are you people?' James asked, his shock only slightly fading.

'We could ask you the same thing-' The blond said drawlingly.

'-But we don't have time. Hermione, we need to get out of here, regroup, and find out what went wrong.' The hooded one interrupted.

'I have no idea what you're talking about,' James said, getting up, 'but you just took out a Death Eater. That makes you on our side. And yes, I agree with you hood guy, we need to get out of here.'

His flippant suggestion was greeted by three wands pointed straight at him.

'Whoa. Let's all just calm down,' Remus interjected as he walked in front of James from where he had been previously, next to Sirius, both of them in front of Lily and Harry.

His appearance did more than calm down the threesome. The blond swore, the hooded one took a step back and Hermione stood slack jawed.

'Re-remus?' She asked hesitantly. James saw Remus gave a start at the girl's word.

'How do you know my name?' He asked bewildered.

But the brown haired girl did not answer as she seemed to regard him with a new light in her eyes.

'Impossible…'

'Right, let's just assume that I'm not having mental delusions, can someone explain what the bloody hell is going on here?' Sirius asked as he too emerged from the shadows.

'Hang on, isn't that Black?' The blond one said, haughty tone finally forgotten in shock, 'Didn't he-'

'Sirius- bloody hell, it's Sirius. I'm starting to understand what Harry did exactly.' The hooded one said in an awed filled voice.

'Then…then that's Harry's- that's James Potter isn't it?' The blond one pointed.

'It might not, remember there's more than one possibility.'

'But it would means the ministry was wrong, as usual Harry did-'

'What do you want with Harry?' A clear hard voice spoke from the back of the room. James frowned; he had wanted Lily to stay out of sight until he had ascertained there was no danger. Blondie raised his wand again, but the other male was already whistling as he started forward,

'He really has the eyes.'

'You mean, that's Lily…'

Hermione trailed off as she saw the inert form chained to the wall, forgotten in the comotion. She took an uncertain step towards it, saying: 'Harry?'

Her steps got more hurried as he didn't respond. Finally she was kneeling gently next to him. She raised his head and could not help the strangled cry of recognition.

'It's him!' she said, looking at her companions, 'he's alive.' She added once she had checked his pulse.

'Why did Harry try to copy my hair?' the blond one drawled, trying to mask his relief.

'Shut up Draco.' She snapped back. With a wave of her wand she blasted the chains off the wall, as she started murmuring spells, trying to find the exact causes of his unconsciousness.

Her companion took a more direct approach. Shaking off his hood to reveal a shock of red hair, a pale face, and dark circles around tense eyes he raised his wand towards them and barked:

'What happened to Harry?'

Lily looked at the raised wand, affronted.

'We didn't do it, if that's what you're implying. And lower that wand please, we're obviously on the same side and I am sick of all the drama. We got captured by Death Eaters, we're currently in one of their hide outs, can you figure out the rest?'

'They performed Crucio on him and he was poisoned. Something called vertares- veritaserum.' Lupin added more helpfully.

'What do you mean we're in a Death Eater hideout?' The hooded-one-now-dubbed-red-hair asked.

'Who do you think the person you just stunned was? Did you guys just come here not knowing what you were up against?' James asked incredulously.

'Voldemort is in power then?' he replied with another question, there were dark undertones in his voice.

'George, not now. We need to get out, first. I can't do anything for Harry here! If he went back, it would make sense the Veritaserum is still in the testing phase. I wish I could remember what I read about the making of it. The only thing I can think of is a bezoar, but I have no idea where we are, and even if we got out, where would we be? Still in Englan-'

'Hermione, now's not the time. We'll get Harry out. Then decide on the rest.'

'What about them?' The blond guy, Draco asked, jerking his head towards the intently listening Marauders.

'Wait, you weren't sent to rescue us?' Sirius said incredulously and completely ignored.

'We leave them, if what we think is right,' he said glancing at Hermione, 'we can't change anything.'

'George! We can't do that!'

'You should know the rules better than anyone Hermione, now should we?'

'No. Harry would never do that.'

'Yeah and look at the shape he's in! He's not in charge right now, and if we continue talking, he will never be again.'

'Right, and you'll be there to tell him we left his fa-friends in Death Eater hands. I think not.'

'I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Granger, he will kill us if we leave them be. We should all move and then reassess the situation.'

The marauders had not moved during the conversation, trying to comprehend who exactly was on who's side. James wondered how these people knew Harry. He was about to ask when he heard it.

The footsteps.

Bellatrix was back.

They had seconds before she appeared, and James opened his mouth to warn them since they were too busy arguing, but abruptly closed his mouth as he realized all three of them had stilled, completely silent. Then as one they moved, Hermione left Harry and ran to the still unconscious Greyback, dragging him to the darkest corner of the cell. Meanwhile Draco and George had pressed themselves to each side of the wall next to the door. Waiting. Tension mounting, as James stood frozen, all the while wondering whether he should move or not.

Then suddenly there she was, at the threshold, wand and potion in her hands, as she paused taking in the altered scene.

'Greyback?' She managed to ask before Draco shouted:

'Expelliarmus!'

Bellatrix's wand flew out of her hands. She took a step back, but George stepped out of the shadows, his hood back on.

'Not a sound.' He warned.

James watched as Bellatrix passed through the initial shock of the new occupants, but she immediately rallied and smirked:

'Or what?' She said, taking another slow step back, more into the corridor's shadows.

'Incarcerous. Accio!'

Hermione said distinctly and ropes appeared out of nowhere binding Bellatrix's hands, feet and chest as she was flung across to the room to Hermione's feet. Even her two companions seemed surprised at her abrupt action as they all stared at her. Hermione was shaking as she took a step back with a look of disgust on her face. Then she saw the gazes, and shrugged.

'You didn't recognize her? Bellatrix doesn't play by the rules.'

'Bellatrix?! Hell, this is getting more complicated every second. What happened to the simple mission you outlined to us Hermione?'

But Hemione was not listening as she glared at Bellatrix and said:

'Give me one good reason not to end your miserable life right now.'

Even kneeling Bellatrix kept her composure, 'You foolish girl! You just managed to secure yourself hours of torture before death.'

'You're not making your case here pureblood. I was cheated of killing you myself last time, and with what you just did do Harry I wouldn't mind throwing Crucio in before killing you.'

'Hermione!' George growled, 'Believe me, if anyone gets to kill her it should be Harry, we owe it to Neville anyway, but we can't-'

'You think I don't know? What do you think we should do with her then?'

'Draco should decide.' He said giving his companion a level gaze.

The latter had not spoken, only turning paler under the candlelight. Now he examined Bellatrix with hooded eyes, after a second he replied, still staring at her:

'We stick to the plan. Let's wipe her and leave.'

'Right, Hermione you oblivate her, I'll take Harry.' George issued the order as he strode across the room and gently lifted the unconscious black haired boy from the ground. But when he turned around, Bellatrix was still staring at them calculatingly, while Hermione crouched a bit farther fingering the broken shards of the potion vial.

'I think that was Harry's antidote,' she said hollowly.

'We'll figure it out later, come on Hermione, don't lose me now.'

'It won't make any difference. If it's really Voldemort we're dealing with again he'll manage to see into her brain anyway.'

'Again?'

'Oblivate her anyway, it'll slow them on our tracks.'

George then turned to Bellatrix:'This seems to be some kind of dungeon. You wouldn't tell us where exactly we happen to be?'

In answer Bellatrix laughed a hint of the madness that would overtake her in years to come present,

'You really think you can escape here? I wonder what Harry's face will look like when I torture his new friends, or old friends. That is, if he survives much longer. He will be not last long with that potion in his sy-'

She got no further as she fell unconscious on the ground, Hermione stood in front of her, nursing the fist which she had just punched the Death Eater with,

'You do not know how long I've wanted to that for.'

'Hermione that was-'

'Unnecessary? I know. Still felt good. Now are we leaving or not?'

'Wow, she can punch as well.' Sirius said, shining admiration in his eyes.

'We should take Harry. If it comes to dueling you're in better shape.' James said, in the mature serious voice he rarely used.

George gave him a level glance before handing the unconscious boy towards him. Although Harry was slim and could not have weighed much, Sirius took one shoulder, James the other, with Harry's head lolling unconsciously on his shoulder.

'So which way do we do this? If Harry decided not to risk it, it must mean it's pretty heavily guarded.' Hermione said briskly, 'And if it's a Death Eater hide out they'll have anti-disparrating charms as well as traps all over the grounds.'

'I reckon we should go for low key escape.'

'That means the Polyjuice potion, we do have some?'

Hermione lifted from inside her robes a small beaded bag which she had circled around her neck. Making an inordinately amount of noise, in James opinion, she rummaged through it and brandished two small potion vials.

'Who's going for it?'

Draco sighed, 'Do I have choice?'

'Nope. I'll take Bellatrix, I have practice believe me.'

'What exactly are you-'

James stopped short as she grabbed a fistful of hair from Bellatrix, plunked them into the vial and gulped deeply. He watched in shock as she transformed before his eyes into an exact replica of Bellatrix. He had heard of the Polyjuice potion in books, but the ingredients were hideously expensive and he had never seen an actual transformation. Meanwhile Draco had done the same with Greyback and had, with difficulty changed his robes with the unconscious Death Eater.

'We should take their wands.'

'No, that would change-'

'Right, fine, let's get out of here,' George snapped James out of his thoughts as he paused at the doorway.

Nodding James stood up.

'Here.' The girl, Hermione brandished five wands to them, 'I found them on Bellatrix.'

'Thanks,' James said smiling gratefully, but stopped when a pained expression crossed her face.

The now seven teenagers did not waste any more time as they strode out of the room.

'Right, Hermione, you take the front, Draco you're at the back.'

Without a word the seeming Bellatrix and Greyback took their place. George stopped a minute in front of their cell door, no doubt producing some locking spells.

'Don't attack at first sight, remember minimum attention on ourselves, if we get separated we still continue, Harry's our top priority. If this is the same world, we should be able to meet at Godric's Hollow.'

'What do you mean separated?' Remus asked, out of his previous silence.

'We won't George, you sound like Mad-Eye,' Hermione said in a steely voice, 'this is not as hard as breaking out of Gringotts and we managed that.'

'What do you mean-' Sirius asked shocked.

'Hermione!'

'Right, forget I said anything.'

All the while, the group were half jogging through the seemingly endless maze of corridors, their footsteps echoing on the stone walls.

'You guys have no clue where we are right?' Lily asked in a prim voice.

'Of course we d-' Hermione said bracingly, panting slightly.

'Nope, no clue. Do you have a better idea?' George asked.

'No need, look, we're arriving towards the end, these are the stairs.' Draco pointed the rickety stairs in front.

'Right, remember-'

'This is not our first time George.'

James shifted Harry slightly as they moved up the stairs. He had no clue if they were going to get out, but Harry's pallor was getting more pronounced as the seconds went by, and they needed a solution. Staying in their cell wasn't one. They slowed down as they walked further though the empty corridors, only illuminated by the blazing torches on the walls. There wasn't a living thing in sight and George's disembodied voice under an invisibility cloak whispered:

'This is unreal, this place shouldn't be so lightly guarded.'

Draco's drawling voice answered: 'Think! They are not as heavily guarded as we know because they have had no need yet. And Death Eaters don't expect to be attacked from within, the Dark Lord's retribution would be too great.'

'Right, enough information-'

'This is eerie, this place, this place seems to be familiar, in a way I can't pinpoint.'

'It probably reminds you of home Draco, now's not the time for gut feelings, let's just get out of here inconspicuousl-'

'…I wonder what the Dark Lord has planned for them.' A voice reached them, from just the other end of the corridor.

'You won't have to wonder long, I just hope Black and Greyback will leave something of them…' Another voice answered.

The group froze. There was no time to do anything as the two Death Eaters turned around the corner and saw them.

There was one long second's pause, as both parties looked at each other in surprise.

Finally one of the two men robed in black spoke up uncertainly: 'Black? What are you doing with the Dark Lord's prisoners?'

They were dead. That was it. Impersonating a Death Eater…that could have been the worst possible idea, Sirius thought furiously and he sighed and automatically stepped in front of the girl impersonating Bellatrix. Once the hexes started flying, she would be safer at the back. But his chivalry were interrupted as he sprawled on the ground.

'You dare touch me vermin?'

Hermione said- no was it Bellatrix? Had they somehow got mixed up, for it was truly his cousin's disdainful stare he caught as he looked at her in shock. Then Bellatrix turned to the two Death Eaters, 'Goyle, Lestrange, have you not heard? The Dark Lord needs his prisoners taken to him. He has encountered aaah a hostage situation, and these mudbloods might be needed.'

The two Death Eaters still seemed unconvinced as they eyed her suspiciously, at this point Draco- no Greyback interfered: 'Except for the girl of course, such tender flesh, the Dark Lord has promised me her blood as recompense.' And he gave a lethal grin. Both Death Eaters shoulders relaxed as they saw what they considered classic Greyback behavior.

'Of course, how much escort do they need? Shall I call Crabbe?'

'Crabbe does not know which end of a wand to use. Do you not think I can handle a few sniveling teenagers?'

'But Infinitus- the Dark Lord said-'

'Oh Harry? He got exhausted with our little games, but I am sure he will be fine in a few hours.'

Lestrange nodded, and inside Sirius felt hopeful elation: they actually believed them! They would manage to get out! They would escape! They would- but he had thought victory too soon as he stood up, for a shouting figure emerged running from the end of the corridor with comically short robes.

'The prisoners, the prisoners! The prisoners have escaped!' A second and real Greyback stopped short as he saw his doppelganger blink at him. The faces Lestrange and Goyle made would have been funny had the situation not been so serious. The second frozen situation did not last long either, and George shouted: 'Duck!' as the spells started whizzing.

'Draco get them out of here!' The fake Bellatrix shouted as she waved her wand to absorb another spell aimed at Lily.

'We can fight them, its three to three, more than that actually.' As Sirius' curse hit Goyle who erupted into boils.'

'At what cost?' the disembodied voice of the invisible George replied furiously as another of the curses he sent Greyback got deflected despite the fact he was invisible. It was true, Draco could see the outcome of this three way duel was not clear cut. James and Sirius were good hexers, but this was no classroom environment, but a duel where dark magic would soon be used.

'Okay, retreat. I'll hold them back.' Hermione said.

'Do we have a vote?' James asked half seriously.

'James, I swear to god, this is not the time to make jokes.' Lily shouted as she checked the unconscious Harry's pulse from behind him.

'Bombarda!' Hermione shouted, wand pointed at the ceiling, but Draco pushed her against the wall missing the curse aimed at her by a hair's breadth, and shouted at her:

'Granger it's a pureblood's house, they have enchantments against all this.'

'Use the Peruvian darkness Hermione, I'll cover you.'

'Hermione seemed to understand the comment for she immediately lowered her wand and rummaged through her bag to brandish a small black vial.

'When?'

'Now!' George answered, Hermione smashed the bottle onto the floor and James gasped, nearly losing his hold on Harry as his vision was gone, changed into a swirling inky mass.

'Lily? Sirius?' he asked panicked.

'They're fine.' George's voice echoed right behind him, above the Death Eater's cries of confusion. 'Follow me!' he ordered and grasped his shoulder. James stopped trying to understand what was going on and let himself be dragged through the darkness, all the while hearing curses still being thrown around tentatively, but even Lumos couldn't penetrate the blackness.

'In here!' George whispered and pushed James in front of him. James blinked at the light in the room which had not been affected by the potion Hermione had thrown. He rubbed his eyes, and heard a cough behind him to see Sirius and Remus in the door way.

'Where's Lily?' He repeated.

'I'm here' her voice was heard before she came through the doorway, her body slowly appearing, separating from the darkness.

James felt a tight knot release itself at her sight and before he could process his own reactions he had walked forward and embraced her, pressing her tightly, trying to reassure himself she was safe and in one piece. His emotional moment was rudely interrupted as Hermione shoved hard as she emerged last from the doorway.

'Everyone here?' She whispered, sending a reproving glance at James.

'Yes, and before you ask, I have Harry.' Draco's voice came from behind her, and they all turned around to see Greyback holding a, if possible, paler Harry. Draco's or rather Greyback's face had a bemused expression, as if he couldn't believe who he was holding, but James didn't have time to examine the look closely as Hermione gave Draco a tug and went to stand in front of the door murmuring spells and waving her wand in complicated movements.

'How long do we have?' George asked Hermione all the while checking Harry's pulse.

'Ten minutes? Less? I don't know! The wards on the house are interfering and already wearing them down; we need to think of something, fast!'

'Great plan Granger. Anyone else wants to share the obvious?' Draco drawled.

'Do you even realize the situation we're in?' Hermione asked incredulously as Draco lowered Harry on the ground.

'Well yes. We cannot battle the horde of Death Eaters mounting behind these doors.' Draco drawled, looking faintly bored, 'And I have no intention of dying looking undignified, in a room with furnishings so unfashionable-' He stopped short, his hand still gesturing towards their surroundings as his eyes narrowed looking at James.

'What?' He asked nervously

But the blond youth didn't answer him as he marched forward, past James, to the tapestry behind him.

'What is it Draco?' Hermione asked

Draco didn't answer as he traced the lines, of, from what James could see was one of those pureblood family trees, even the Potters had one.

'Merlin's- look at this tapestry!' Draco breathed.

'Have you finally cracked? We don't have time for pureblood artwork.' George seethed.

'No, no this is my- this is the Lestrange's manor.'

'What?'

'Are you sure?'

'Yes, I knew the house looked familiar! And now this tapestry, it's unfinished of course, but-'

'Right, so how does this help? Are there any secret passageways we can use? All pureblood houses have them.'

'How would he know-' James tried to asking, but of course he never managed to get his question finished or answered.

'Yes there are passageways we could use, if I could only pin point our location. The dungeons were on the right so this would be the east wing, one of the rooms…the kitchens are under us I think, that would be a way to get out, but how to get there…'

'Right, so this is of no use.' George said loudly over the increased banging at the door, 'Hermione, I don't know how much longer the door will hold.'

'What do we do then? Use it? That would leave them alone here,' Hermione jerked her head at James, Sirius, Remus and Lily, 'we're condemning them to death.'

'Harry is the priority! You know how important this mission is!' George snapped back.

'At what cost though? Harry would never do this!'

'Yes, you've already said that! And how many times do I have to tell you I'm not noble Harry? I get things done!' George was getting red in the face now.

'Don't you dare George, I have it, you can't take it off me, I'll duel you if that what it takes to see past your p-'

'Can I say something?' Sirius interjected, half raising his hand.

'NO!' They both shouted back.

'So what then? We all die? For people who are only a fraction of Harry's worth?' George continued.

'Now you're talking like the people you hunt down! You're not a Death Eater. Would Fred ever have agreed to this?'

The shouting match came to an abrupt halt, and the watching spectators all felt she had crossed a line, George had turned really white under his red freckles but James didn't get to hear his answer as Draco, who had ignored the whole argument murmuring to himself spoke up:

'Hang on; we're in this room... the room with the family tapestry. There is another way, the Dark Lord used it once, but we would need-'

'Where is it?' George barked, his eyes focusing back on the mission.

'Behind this.' Draco pointed at the tapestry behind him, 'But it won't work, we would have to have…'

George moved forward and tugged the tapestry aside to reveal a smooth grey wall.

'…a Parseltongue.' Draco gestured at the carving of a small snake high on the wall.

They three arrivals turned silent.

'Harry's a Parseltongue.' Lily spoke up hesitantly.

Hermione's eyebrows shot up: 'He told you?'

'Well, more like showed us, not like he had-'

'Granger, you're supposed to come up with the great ideas,' Draco interrupted as cracks appeared on the door behind them, the banging incessant.

'Well we can't wake Harry.'

'Really?' Draco said.

'Can you stop with the sarcasm, I rather liked it when you were mute. I'm trying to think.'

'Well think fast.'

In answer, Hermione let out a garbled hissing sound, they all looked at her in surprise but she was not replying Draco but staring at the door with great concentration.

'Hermione-'

But said Hermione shook her head, giving another gargled spitting sound.

'Hermione, as much as you wish you spoke-'

But George's voice warbled to silence as with another hiss, the wall began to tremble, small stones rolling over the floor as before their eyes, a whole portion of the wall rumbled over to reveal a dark passageway.

'Don't tell me she's another Parseltongue.' Sirius said dramatically.

'Hermione what the-'

'I'll explain later, we need to get out of here! Lumos!' Hermione moved forward, the rest of the group quickly following her, wands out, with Draco still holding Harry and George bringing up the rear.

'Hermione, how do you close the thing?' George hissed.

'I don't know, I only learnt the opening part, we need to hurry!' She replied frantically, waving her wand, as the entrance of the passageway closed in a shimmering wave.

'What did you do?'

'It's only an illusion, they'll soon figure it out. Come on, we don't have time.'

The passageway was much like the ones found in Hogwarts James thought, his heart beating erratically as they jogged single file deep into the recesses of the ground.

Okay so first: What do you think?

Second: George. I didn't put Sirius, because although he is one of my favorite characters, he is dead. I didn't want to stretch this story too far since my initial reason for writing it was to make the unexplainable explainable. And Ginny, although a lot of people wanted Ginny, she just fit this fanfic. And I really do think she would take too much from Harry and his parents relationship, since harry/ ginny is a whole other story by itself, I wouldn't do it justice. So George was left....And you will see how he fits in later.

Third: For those naturally critical readers, I know George and Draco especially seem completely out of character, but remember more than a month has passed since the end of the war, and alot of things have changed. I have and will try to keep the essence of the character the same though.

Fourth: Review please. Hints: Was the escape too easy? Although its not finished? What do you think should happen next? Oh and I didn't like this tittle, anyone can think of a better one? Reviews make me write fast...most of the time.

pea blue: That veritaserum thing was a dreadful mistake, I'm changing it ASAP! Thanx alot, you were the only one to notice!